Humanitarian Crises
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Wild Poliovirus Detected In Nigeria’s Borno Four Years After Eradication
Four years after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria wild poliovirus-free, a related case has been detected in Borno State,…
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UNHCR Calls For Development-Focused Aid For IDPs During Recent Visit To Nigeria’s Borno StateÂ
A high-level delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), led by Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Raouf…
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West And Central Africa Sees Progress In HIV Fight, But Challenges Remain — UNAIDS
The annual number of new HIV infections in West and Central Africa fell by 46 per cent between 2010 and…
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Plateau Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises To 22, 58 Hospitalised As Gov’t Orders School ClosureÂ
Twenty-two children have been confirmed killed in a two-storey building that collapsed at Saints Academy in Jos, north-central Nigeria on…
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Hours Later, Rescue Efforts Still Underway At Collapsed Plateau School BuildingÂ
An unconfirmed number of students have died and dozens injured following the collapse of a two-storey building at Saints Academy…
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Conflict Victims In Peril As Global Humanitarian Aid Dries Up — NRC
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has expressed concern over the dwindling funding for humanitarian activities in conflict areas, saying the…
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IOM Reached Millions Of Nigerians With Humanitarian Support In 2023
Last year, millions of Nigerians benefited from the International Organization for Migration’s wide range of programmes. In its recently published…
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IOM Launches New Rapid Response Fund In North Central State
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that nearly 400,000 displaced persons in Benue state, North-central Nigeria, live in about…
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MSF Overwhelmed By ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Nigeria’s Severe Malnutrition Cases
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for more support to address medical challenges in northern Nigeria, which are fast worsening…
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The Travails Of Aid Workers Operating In Nigeria’s War-Torn Zones
Bako Faruk* is passionate about serving humanity. In 2017, he volunteered to work as a logistics assistant with Médecins Sans…
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